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  • Things they don’t tell you about writing

    You would hope, think, assume that the hardest part of being a writer would be writing. In case you missed the heavy dose of sarcasm in that line, let me tell you, writing is the easiest part of being a writer!

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about writing

    Recently, I took an interview with a writer and filmmaker who compared writing to devotion – saying that any type of art is possible only when you surrender yourself to the art and let it guide you through the process.

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about readership

    Every time I hit publish on a blog post, I am visited by this bug of checking my stats every five minutes to know how many views, visitors, comments and likes I have got.

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about community

    While interviewing a long-time blogger, she said something very interesting – so interesting that it is stuck in my head. She said that while writing is a solitary exercise, blogging is a social activity. Though I had been blogging for about 11 months when I had that interview with her, it really struck me then…

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about discipline

    There was a time in my writing journey where words like motivation and inspiration would dictate how much or if any writing I would do. I suppose I can forgive that naive girl since writing was a hobby for her and not something she thought she would be making a career in.

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about writer’s block

    I didn’t know writer’s block was a thing till I found myself staring at a blank page, the urge to write so strong it felt like a stomach ache, but the ability to actually put words onto the blank page sheer agony. I started to hyperventilate, sure the writing fountain that had opened up for…

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  • What one year of blogging taught me about inspiration

    Every time I would read a book, I would have only one wish – to meet the author and ask them where they found the inspiration to write what they wrote. As an inexperienced writer, I truly believed that inspiration was a goddess that visited only those who had been anointed by some special oil.…

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